diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index ff4e25ff31..1d7962a845 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-05-10  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@vmware.com>
+
+	* utils.c (do_fclose_cleanup) Restore local variable.
+
 2010-05-09  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
 
 	* record.c (init_record_core_ops): Rename record_core to record-core.
diff --git a/gdb/utils.c b/gdb/utils.c
index 9afb77c68d..fe1a099ef1 100644
--- a/gdb/utils.c
+++ b/gdb/utils.c
@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ make_cleanup_close (int fd)
 static void
 do_fclose_cleanup (void *arg)
 {
-  fclose (arg);
+  FILE *file = arg;
+  fclose (file);
 }
 
 /* Return a new cleanup that closes FILE.  */